Local Roundup -- Published Aug. 25, 2012

Pacific women's volleyball coach Greg Gibbons doesn't like watching his team to lose the first two sets. But he liked what his team did after falling to an 0-2 hole Friday at Idaho.

The Record

Pacific women's volleyball coach Greg Gibbons doesn't like watching his team lose the first two sets. But he liked what his team did after falling into an 0-2 hole Friday at Idaho.

The Tigers rallied to beat the Vandals 23-25, 24-26, 25-18, 25-17, 15-9 to open the season at the Nike Invitational at Moscow, Idaho. Pacific (1-0) plays Washington State at 10 a.m. and Montana at 3 p.m. today.

The Tigers had trouble coming from behind last season, so Gibbons liked what he saw.

"We only won two matches last year after we lost the first (two games), so we're already halfway there," said Gibbons, who is in his third season at Pacific.

Megan Birch had 21 kills for Pacific, Jennifer Sanders had 15 and Gabby Cowden had 10. Hannah Clancy had 51 assists for the Tigers and Koala Matsuoka had 23 digs.

At Stockton, two goals in the final 9 minutes by junior Emily Tregoning gave the Tigers their first win in a home opener since 2009, when Pacific beat Cal, 2-1.

The five goals were the most scored by the Tigers since Oct. 5, 2007, in a 6-1 win against Davidson. Pacific jumped to a 3-0 lead on goals by Melissa Maultsby, Tarah Trotter and Jenna Vivian. The Billikens scored three unanswered goals in the second before Tregoning scored two times.

The Tigers will host La Salle at noon Sunday.

At San Francisco, the Dons (1-0-2) scored in the first 2 minutes of the game and the Tigers (0-2) couldn't score the equalizer in dropping their second game of the season. Lauren AbuAli scored just 1:53 in the contest and USF thwarted all four of Pacific's shots on goal.

At Franklin, the Wolf Pack lost the opening game but came back to win their season opener 20-25, 26-24, 25-15, 25-13.

Joelise Bondo had 20 kills and five blocks for West.

At Ripon, Anthony Carbajal had two goals for the Lions (1-), and Gerrardo Servin scored for Linden. Gabriel Hernandez had five saves for the Lions.